This book considers the concept of the multiverse beyond the immediacy of being merely an excuse or scenario for the development of stories, instead positioning the multiverse as a theoretical method in which speculative fiction narratives can explore diverse issues to bridge ideas across cultural, social, and philosophical analysis.
This book considers the concept of the multiverse beyond the immediacy of being merely an excuse or scenario for the development of stories, instead positioning the multiverse as a theoretical method in which speculative fiction narratives can explore diverse issues to bridge ideas across cultural, social, and philosophical analysis.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Humanities of Osaka University and member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico. She specialises in the cultural studies of space and time, focusing mainly on the multiverse and techno-digital contexts in fiction and popular culture. She is the author of What if a Multiverse? Literatura y ciencia en la obra de Grant Morrison (2019), and more than 20 published articles and book chapters. She has research experience in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and Spain. Francisco Sáez de Adana is Professor of Computer Science at the Universidad de Alcalá (Spain) and a member of the Franklin Institute of American Studies at the same university. He currently works mainly as a comics scholar, focusing on American comics, and has published book chapters and 20 articles in international journals, including Studies in Comics, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, and Journal of Popular Culture.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction The Multiverse as Fictional Formation 2. Towards the Multiverse as a Theory for Speculative Fictions, a Proposal PART I The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Written-Visual Fictions 3 The Quest for Reality as Lost Paradise: Philip K. Dick's "False Worlds" Series 4 "Traveling through a Dimension Other than Space:" Multidimensional Consciousness in Molly Cochran's The Third Magic 5 The Multiverse as Ontological Catalyst in Sheri S. Tepper's The Margarets 6 Parallel Universes in Superhero Comics 7 Thursday Next Series: Transmedia Fiction as a "Multi-Media" Multiverse 8 Fighting across Reality: Otherworlds, Parallel Dimensions, and the Multiverse in Martial Arts Fiction PART II The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Audio-Visual Fictions 9 From Representation to Simulation: Narrative Inconsistencies in Cyberspatial Otherworlds 10 Bridging Multiverse and Media/Video Game Studies: Nobunaga's Ambition as a Multiverse 11 The Invisible Affects the Visible: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on the Portrayal of the Spirit and the Physical Worlds in Nigerian and Cameroonian Video Films 12 "Okay, Which World do You Think is Real?" - Complex Shared Dream-within-a-Dream Worlds in Doctor Who: "Amy's Choice" (2010) and "Last Christmas" (2014) 13 Black Mirror: Flat-line Multiverses and Mutations of the Possible 14 Postface
1. Introduction The Multiverse as Fictional Formation 2. Towards the Multiverse as a Theory for Speculative Fictions, a Proposal PART I The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Written-Visual Fictions 3 The Quest for Reality as Lost Paradise: Philip K. Dick's "False Worlds" Series 4 "Traveling through a Dimension Other than Space:" Multidimensional Consciousness in Molly Cochran's The Third Magic 5 The Multiverse as Ontological Catalyst in Sheri S. Tepper's The Margarets 6 Parallel Universes in Superhero Comics 7 Thursday Next Series: Transmedia Fiction as a "Multi-Media" Multiverse 8 Fighting across Reality: Otherworlds, Parallel Dimensions, and the Multiverse in Martial Arts Fiction PART II The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Audio-Visual Fictions 9 From Representation to Simulation: Narrative Inconsistencies in Cyberspatial Otherworlds 10 Bridging Multiverse and Media/Video Game Studies: Nobunaga's Ambition as a Multiverse 11 The Invisible Affects the Visible: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on the Portrayal of the Spirit and the Physical Worlds in Nigerian and Cameroonian Video Films 12 "Okay, Which World do You Think is Real?" - Complex Shared Dream-within-a-Dream Worlds in Doctor Who: "Amy's Choice" (2010) and "Last Christmas" (2014) 13 Black Mirror: Flat-line Multiverses and Mutations of the Possible 14 Postface
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497